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Chaps

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical370 ft
Length961 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesW
Top8,691 ft

Chaps drops 370 vertical feet over 961 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces west.

How well Chaps holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing west at an average 23°, Chaps gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 59th shadiest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 8,690 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Chaps profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Chaps elsewhere

Nearby at Steamboat

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.